Uncle Sam’s Homegrown Spy System Proves Its Mettle
The piece argues the United States created a wartime espionage apparatus after entering the war, surpassing European models in efficiency. It notes trepidation about secrecy and civil liberties, cites over 300 arrests, and describes the harsh, no-nonsense methods used to locate and neutralize German agents within the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
Europe
Hangran
Great Britain
Purklind Asquith
Cenlalsnors
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
American Secret Service
Thomas D. Gregory
A. Bruce Bielaski
Secret Service
Paris to Minnesota Medics: Ambulance Men Speak of War
James H. Baker writes from France describing ambulance service in Paris and Sandricourt. He notes French admiration for American help, flags, and cordial welcome to Americans. He conveys grim German atrocities stories and the heroism of Allied soldiers, with personal reflections on vision limits and the morale of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sandricourt
Y.M.C.A
America
Republic
France
Minneapolis Tribune
Coal's Hidden Riches Revealed in Modern Industry
A historical overview explains coal's wide reach from dyes and fabrics to lighting and chemicals. It notes coal gas, benzine, naphthalene, toluene, tar, and aniline as key products. The piece contrasts coal’s value with its plain, unglamorous image and hints at ancient forests forming vast coal beds.
Fragmented OCR Note Offers Little Readable Information
The readable portion is sparse and unclear with stray letters and question marks, providing no concrete names places or events to summarize into a proper news item.
Straw Gas Could Boost Farm Power And Light
Dr. R D McLaurin of the University of Saskatchewan told the Saskatoon Engineering Society that carbonizing straw could yield large gas quantities for power heat and light. He cited a 500 outfit cost and 7000 cubic feet per ton of straw, urging a Saskatchewan council to fund and promote invention with a royalty system. The talk urged aligning straw use with lignite development and criticized the federal council’s structure while proposing regional scientific boards to exploit resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. McLaurin
Chemistry Department
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Engineering Society
Niagara Falls
Saskatchewan
Canada
Toronto
McLaurin
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Grain Growers Association
Chambers of Commerce
Saskabara
Saskatoon Sample Market Suggested To Aid Wheat Prices
Discussion in the province notes that loaf color concerns should not drive wheat supply. A sample market in Saskatoon is proposed to aid pricing while urging state supervision of water systems and investigation of clay resources.
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Saskatoon
Saskatoor
Police Styles Portrait Across Lands by Hendrik Van Loon
In a Century essay Van Loon contrasts police in Christiana Stockholm Copenhagen and Denmark describing Christiana police as mild and neat and in Stockholm as severe armed state power while Copenhagen blends calm efficiency and good living noting driving habits and social order.
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Christ Hania
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Mysterious Ice Mines In Coudersport and Decorah
Late spring and summer bring ice moons and milder interior temperatures in subterranean caverns. Experts like Edwin S. Balch propose that cold winter air fails to enter until spring thaw water Seeps in, freezing the ice for the summer. As autumn returns, warm air melts the ice, creating a seasonal underground summer. Locals fear to explore these caves.
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United States
Coudersport
Decorah
Iowa
Edwin S. Balch
Philadelphia
Popular Science Monthly
Paris Cubist Wife Exhibits A Remarkable Canvas
A gallery piece arrives in Paris from Spain framed as iron scraps but unveiled as a portrait. An astonished customs officer questions the work while the wife of a famed Cubist dismisses the claim, sparking a dispute over the artwork’s true nature.
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Paris
Spain
France
Unclear text fragment from historical page
Fragmentary OCR text mentions gas and a name Bronsk with a suggestion to take to a transcript. No coherent event or identifiable entities to summarize further.
Conserving Food Supply in Wartime Europe and North America
The United States and Canada face a wheat deficit exceeding 400 million bushels to meet allied and neutral needs. Surpluses in North America could cover much of demand if waste is cut and consumption reduced, with allies constrained by shipping limits and disrupted markets.
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United States Food Administration
United States
Canada
North America
Europe
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Belgium
Brian
Roumanian
Central
Res
Australia
India
North Atlantic
Relief Commission
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Uncle Sam
Huw
Pat
Council On Scientific Research
Trdecen
United States Report
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